Tom GerkenTechnology reporter Konami EVA, one of the main characters in the remade game (image brightened from source) Metal Gear is one of the best-selling video game series in history, shifting more than 60 million copies. The series pioneered cinematics in gaming by blending cutting-edge cutscenes, voice acting and dynamic camera angles to create something that would have looked more …
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PM Studios and Playtonic Games announced the Yooka-Replaylee release date, revealing when the remade and enhanced version of 2017’s Yooka-Laylee will come out. When is the Yooka-Replaylee release date? Yook-Replaylee will release on October 9, 2025, and will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. The game will be available digitally on all listed …
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A Dino Crisis remake was reportedly attempted twice, but the projects were later scrapped due to low quality. Replying to a user’s question on X, known CAPCOM leaker Dusk Golem revealed that, in the past few years, CAPCOM attempted to bring back the survival horror series with a remake of the first game. The first attempt was from CAPCOM Vancouver …
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Welcome back, gamers. I can call you that, right? Cool. Anyway, this is Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku’s daily round-up of news and other stuff you might care about. Today, we have more layoffs, Unreal Engine 5 optimization information, details on how Black Myth: Wukong runs on Xbox, and someone claiming Capcom has tried to remake Dino Crisis a few times, but …
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Chris Columbus has more to say about HBO’s Harry Potter remake. The director — who helmed the first two Warner Bros. films that launched the hit cinematic franchise — recently made headlines for saying he wanted nothing to do with HBO’s multi-season remake of J.K. Rowling‘s novels. But on a new podcast, Columbus made more pointed remarks about the project, …
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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater overhauls the storied PS2 game with modern visuals. It plays great on PC but the console experience prior to launch is surprisingly bad. The Konami remake can’t hit a consistent 60fps on PlayStation 5 even in performance mode, and the PS5 Pro enhanced mode is especially disappointing. It might not be enough to ruin …
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Image: Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade was playable on Switch 2 last week at Gamescom, and it seems that most who managed to go hands-on with the game came away feeling pretty positive about it. Now, in a new post from Digital Foundry advertising its latest DF Weekly episode, John Linneman has come out and said that FF7R …
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Square Enix employees have apparently revealed that the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake runs at 40fps. Traditionally games generally run at 30fps or 60fps so this supposedly means that the demo of Final Fantasy VII Remake was running in Performance Mode on the Gamescom show floor. The PlayStation 5 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake has …
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David Hayter, the long-time voice of Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, is just like any other creative. He, like most of us who spend years improving our craft, looks back at older work and wishes he could iron out some of the wrinkles. Maybe you wish you’d sung a different note, chosen other words to express an idea, …
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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater contains a secret mode developed by PlatinumGames, the studio behind the likes of Bayonetta and Nier: Automata. Warning! Spoilers for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and the original Metal Gear Solid 3 follow: Fans of the original Metal Gear Solid 3, which Konami has remade for this Delta version, may be aware of …
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